CYMRU CONFIDENTIAL.

IT'S WELSH BILLY WHO GOES THERE

BILLY Elliot star Jamie Bell will be on his toes once again for the film Who Goes There? The USA Films WWII drama stars Bell as a boy in a Welsh village who befriends a mysterious man. To his horror, he discovers his new pal is actually a Nazi U-boat sailor. Filming begins in the autumn.

Say it ain't so

"THERE was nothing premeditated about the egg throwing," says a friend of Prezza punchbag Craig Evans. Always has a few eggs in his pocket then does he?

Give us a clue 

NOW that Ffion has broken her silence on the campaign trail, do you think she can get to the bottom of the Tories' cock-up on the Welsh language manifesto?

DIAMONDS NOT FOR ME

NICE to see Rhys Ifans hasn't lost touch with his roots, even though he's now a regular visitor to the Cannes film festival. After turning up for Liz Taylor's AIDS charity extravaganza, he declared he wouldn't be buying any of the diamonds on display.

He claimed he didn't have his cheque book on him before admitting his jet set manouevres were all a bit bewildering. "I love acting but all this showbusiness stuff is a bit strange, pleasantly strange, mind you," he said. Of course if he had brought his cheque book he might well have put a big hole in the fee he received for his role in Human Nature - the movie he promoted there.

Mystery of the week

WHICH newsgirl is pounding the streets of Wales wearing a pair of tatty flip-flops in place of her glamour clogs? The fashion-mad hackette lost a toe-nail while dancing the night away in a packed club.

Oh, the shame of it!!!

Woosie on the boozie

NICE to see legend Ian Woosnam making a return to the sports pages for his golfing prowess. Earlier this week he was mentioned in a piece about cricket star Darren Gough admitting to being still drunk when he played in South Africa on the tour last year. Apparently he'd been in a heavy session with Woosie the night before until 3am!!!

Nudes of the week

THE Scarlets of Llanelli RFC have been left red-faced after two players stripped naked during an outing to the seaside. One landlord reported that the rugby stars sank 18 pints in five minutes during their "cider special pub crawl". But who were the exhibitionist pair?

HEAR'N THERE SAY FREE SHOW

HEAR'SAY fans with tickets for the band's Cardiff gigs could have saved their money - by watching them live for nothing this week. The TV Popstars, who are performing six sell-out shows at the CIA, dropped into the Sports Cafe in Cardiff Bay so Noel Sullivan could see an old mate who still works as a waiter. But Noel and the rest of the band liked it so much they stayed for two hours - and taught the other lucky revellers there a few of their more famous dance steps.

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